A RECYCLING company has urged the Davao City government to impose a stricter implementation of the segregation policy as it offered to take in plastic waste for the production of school chairs. Winchester O. Lemen, managing partner of Winder Recycling Company, said they have already talked with the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) and are now awaiting action from the local government. “Right now the landfill is already filled and it is the objective of the plant to help reduce the plastic wastes of the city,” he said in an interview. Winder Recycling, based in Davao City, currently sources its plastic wastes — including candy wrappers and other food packaging materials — from the cities of Panabo and Tagum as well as the town of Polomolok. The company’s plant can process up to 90 tons of plastic waste and produce 2,000 school chairs per month. Mr. Lemen said their market for the chairs is currently just private schools, but they have already initiated talks with the Department of Education (DepEd) for procurement in public schools. — Maya M. Padillo

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